IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting
censorious critics of this dictionary.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
censorious critics of this dictionary.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Overwork, n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries
who want to go fishing.
Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's... - KORAN, n. A book which the Mohammedans foolishly believe to have been
written by divine inspiration,
but which Christians know to be a wicked imposture... - Misfortune, n.:
The kind of fortune that never misses.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's... - Misfortune, n.:
The kind of fortune that never misses.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - ENCOMIAST, n. A special (but not particular) kind of liar.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - PUBLISH, n. In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in
a cone of critics.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
From the same category:
- Natural causes? What in Nature could cause that?
-
Picard, "Unnatural Selection", stardate 42494... - I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
Gore... - Get a life!: imp. Hacker-standard way of suggesting that the
person to whom it is directed has succumbed to terminal geekdom
(see {computer geek}).
Often heard on {USENET}, esp. as a way... - From the moment I picked your book up until I put it down I was
convulsed with laughter.
Some day I intend reading it. -- Groucho... - You can't play your friends like marks, kid.
--
Henry Gondorf, "The...
